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"Culture in Motion"

A university student performance troupe featuring traditional ethnic Chinese arts
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL show @W&M
October 2-8, 2019: Sister Cities is thrilled to have welcomed a 12-member delegation from Chengdu Textile College (CDTC). CDTC is a higher education college and professional institute dedicated to supporting Sichuan folk culture and other ethnic groups and their cultures.

This exchange was all about learning and sharing and featured a truly unique series of performances in 4 area venues: CNU, W&M, Woodside High School and the Newport News Fall Festival of Friends. Each performance featured selections from the troupe's prepared program which included a runway show with traditional garments of the Han, Yi, and Zang ethnic groups, as well as "mask changing" and long-sleeve dance typical of Sichuan Opera. In addition musical instruments, songs, a runway show representing traditional Chinese clothes of the

The delegation consisted of 4 adults and 8 students. Sister Cities of Newport News is forever grateful to the  "Host Families" in our community who provided housing for the delegation during their visit and to W&M and Mary's Confucius Institute for grant funding used to conduct the exchange. We also thank the performance venues for their hospitality and welcoming
Thank You Sister Cities Host Families!
Sister Cities exchanges are not possible without the support of host families. Our Hosts open their homes and hearts to international guests. It is through the kindness and generosity of our hosts that we show the world the true face of the United States and achieve the mission of Peace through People in visioned by our founder, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956.
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Thanks to these performance partners:

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CNU's Asian Student Union
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CNU

  • Thursday, October 3
  • 4:30 pm
  • Gaines Theater / CNU Freeman Center
  • FREE / Open to Public

W&M

  • Friday, October 4
  • 7:30 pm
  • Sadler Center / 200 Stadium Dr / Williamsburg, VA 23185
  • FREE / Open to Public

Fall Festival

  • Saturday, October 5
  • 3:30 pm
  • Market Place Stage at the Newport News Fall Festival in the NN Park
  • Open to Public

NNPS

  • Monday, October 7
  • 12:30 to 2:00 pm
  • Woodside High School
  • (NNPS only)


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